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approximately
🇺🇸 /ʌpɹˈɑksʌmʌtli/
🇬🇧 /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət.li/
副词，表示数量、时间或程度大致接近某个数值，但并不精确。
💡 记忆钩子
把 approximately 想成在目标数字周围画一个松松的圈：数字落在圈里，意思是“差不多是这个数”，而不是精确等于它。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“approximately + 数字”这一核心用法，再扩展到时间、距离和比例等数量表达。
- 它表示“大约”，不是“正式地”或“接近地”；不要把它误解成与约会有关的词。
📖 中文释义
adv
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core 大约；约为📖 表示某个数量只是估算值，和后面的数字很接近，但不保证完全准确；可以用于人数、时间、距离、比例等。💡 常用结构是 approximately + 数字或数量短语，例如 approximately 60 人。它多见于说明、报道和较正式的书面语；不要在需要精确数据的语境中把它理解成“正好”。not-comparableThe machine uses approximately 60 watts of power.这台机器大约消耗60瓦的电力。The journey takes approximately three hours.这段旅程大约需要三个小时。
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 1 组
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
同义词集:
approximately
about
close to
just about
some
roughly
more or less
around
or so
lasted approximately an hour
in just about a minute
he's about 30 years old
I've had about all I can stand
we meet about once a month
some forty people came
weighs around a hundred pounds
roughly $3,000
holds 3 gallons, more or less
20 or so people were at the party
🌳 词源
由表示“近似的”之意的词加副词后缀构成。
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Latin proximō
Latin approximō
Latin approximātusder.
Middle English approximat
English approximate
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English approximately
From approximate + -ly.
🔄 变式
approx.
alternative
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